Chapter 12

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Early in the morning Branch woke up to hear Trollex laughing and heard a sudden voice he never heard. He hid behind a tree where he heard the conversation to listen in

"Wouldn't it be great if it was just us? Not your friends." He heard the voice say

"Well I'm not sure. Everyone really means well. They're really Trolls and Party Crasher." Branch heard Trollex say

Branch smiled

"They're just distracting you Trollex. That's why I had to get rid of the Rock Princess."

Branch stopped smiling and his eyes widened

"What did you do to her?" Trollex asked

"I can't say."

"Yes you can!" Trollex said

"I'm doing this for your own good! Now go lay down!"

"I don't have to listen to you!"

"Yes you do. You read the card so now you belong to me."

Branch turned his head to look behind the tree and saw Slappy

"The dummy?!" Branch whispered under his breath

Trollex sighed and went inside his tent

Branch took a stick out of his hair and whacked Slappy. He moved the stick but didn't see Slappy anywhere

"What? Where-"

"You looking for me?" He heard Slappy ask

Branch turned his head and saw Slappy sitting on a rock with his legs crossed

"How did you?!"

Branch put the stick in front of him

"Where's Barb?!" Branch has asked

"She's much closer than you think. Watch where you step." Slappy said as he laughed

Branch began to feel uncomfortable

"Stop with the games Smiley!! Where is she?!" Branch said

Slappy stood on the rock

"Why do you care so much? Don't you only want Poppy? Why the extra Trolls? If it weren't for your "friends" you could be with your little princess." Slappy said

Branch tried his best to ignored him

"Me and Poppy are just friends alright?! Branch said

"That's not what your heart says." Slappy said

"STAY OUT OF MY HEAD?!! WHERE'S BARB?!" Branch asked again

"You Trolls are no fun." Slappy said

He reaches in his front pocket. Branch stood his guard and pointed the stick at the Dummy. Slappy brought his hand out of his pocket to reveal Barb in his hand

Branch smiled and reached his hand out

Slappy quickly closed his hand

"Uh uh uh. Not so fast Safety Man." Slappy said

"What now?!!" Branch asked

"Let me keep Trollex. Then you can have her." Slappy said

"What?! NO!!" Branch said

Branch saw Archer with a staff

He nodded

"You know what fine." Branch said

"WHAT?!" He heard Barb shouted from under Slappy's hang

"Perfect." Slappy said

He brought Barb back to her regular size. Branch looked at Archer

Archer came from behind Slappy. Slappy quickly turned around and teleported onto a tree

"Now what Boytoy?!" Barb asked

"I think I have an idea." Branch said

Archer and Barb looked at him

"You guys distract him." Branch said

He quickly ran off

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Branch went into Trollex's tent and saw him sitting on the ground. Branch quickly slid to his side

"Trollex! We need your help." Branch said

"With what?" Trollex asked

"Slappy." Branch said

Trollex quickly looked at him

They heard trees break and a thud

They quickly exited the tent and saw Archer and Barb upside down dangling from tree branches

Trollex quickly looked around for Slappy. Branch helped Archer and Barb down from the branches

"Slappy! Come out I'm not taking orders from you anymore!" Trollex said

Thunder struck and Slappy appeared in front of him

Skips watched from a distance with a menacing smile on his face

Slappy looked up at Trollex

"Why aren't you in your tent?!" Slappy asked the Techno King

"I'm not listening to you anymore!" Trollex said again

The two stared at each other. Trollex grabbed a book from Branch's hair and Slappy got sucked into it. Trollex quickly locked the book

"Phew! That was a close one." Trollex said looking at his friends

"Yeah. It sure was you dork." Barb said punching his arm

"Ow!" Trollex said

The smile on Skips face disappeared and was disappointed. He knew what he did. Maybe he should try getting rid of Branch. Branch seemed to keep them together

"Then that's the plan." Skips said to himself

He went over to them

"What was that about? Wow. What happened to trees?" Skips asked

"It's a long story." Barb said

"And a painful one." Archer said

"Gosh. Well the good news is we're almost to Cocoabura! You guys are close to getting your friend back!" Skips said

Branch couldn't help but smile

"How long do we got till we're there?" Barb asked

"It's a two day trip." Skips said with a smile

"Then let's get going." Archer said

The Trolls smiled and nodded and walked ahead

"There's just that shark that always has an appetite. They won't get any close to that princess." Skips said under his breath

He caught up to the Trolls and Archer

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